Something is eating the outside of my ice plant. I started spraying it with alcohol as soon as I noticed it.
Corpuscularia lehmannii - Ice Plant
Fairy Garden Succulents
I think whatever it was is dead but I have no idea what it was. Could it have been mealy bugs? Thank you.
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Nov 03, 2022 - 07:20 AM
With mealybugs, you would likely notice a white fuzz or powder. Mealybugs also drink sap rather than eat the epidermis, or skin, of the plant. Snails and slugs are common pests that cause this type of damage, but birds have also been known to peck at succulents, just to taste them.
If it's an indoor plant, it may have been a fungal issue that caused the damage, like powdery mildew.
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Corpuscularia lehmannii: Various types of succulents are referred to as Ice Plants, but Corpuscularia lehmannii (sometimes listed as Delosperma lehmannii) has a particularly distinctive form. Its angular, three-sided leaves are extremely fleshy with a smooth, blue-green skin. In the wild, it grows i...
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